The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-11
RABBI BROWNE IN HOT WATER.
Suspended by tho Trustees OF His Synagogue
E for His Sensational Ways. 5el l2..-

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Browne has got into hot water with tn
trustees Of the congregation Gates Of Hop
in East Elghty.sixth street. Charges G
conduct unbocoming minister were rs
Gently preferred against him and invest
gated by committee OF three appointe,
for the purpose. At a meeting OF th
board OF trustees, nine In number, Of
Thursday night IN the synagogue, th
trustees voted to suspend him from hil
office. The congregation will vote O,
Tuesday on dlsmisslng him altogether.
The trouble has been brewing for SON,
time. Sodate members OF the congrega
ton complained that tho rabbi was sdopt
Ing sensational means to attract notice
and that the congregation was falling oil
although large assembly OF stranger,
was sometimes attracted by the adver.
tising. Matters came to q locua when hi
appeared IN the Adolph Reich murder
trial as . volunteer witness for the pris.
oner. He testified that Mrs. Reich, the
victim, had confessed to him that she was
an unChaste woman. Recorder Smythe
rebuked him for giving such testimony.
Rabbi Browne busied himself out Of
court In working up sympathy for Reich,
and preached sermon on the subject in
the synagogue. He stupefed the congre.
gatioa by makinga solemn oath before
the ark containing the holy scrolls that
Reich was innocent. The confession and
conviction OF Reich followed. E5ll
2 y. Vhara nrA a MIN har ~ l., ~ ~, q
charges which will not be fully divulged
until after the matter is disposed Of at a
n meeting OF the entire congregation next
Tuesday night, but trustee admitted that
one OF the principal charges is swearing
by things that are holy to what Is proven
to bo false. Another charge Is said to re.
late to the Rabbits personal characteris-
tics. Ta9, 55iI5F.. .3@ 49,
Persuasion was first resorted to to try
and get him to give up his worldly mind
edneas,"' said q trustee, "but he spurned
the advice Of the president, Adolph
Sinsheimer, and other trustees and treated
them very abusively. Three Of the out.
ragged members resolved upon decisive &C.
ton and prepased the charges, which
were investigated and sustained. The
Rabbi was asked to appear before the
committee and tentiiy, but he refused be.
cause he objected to two members OF the
committee" n q ID
AS there are only twenty members Of
the congregations all told, and as it will
take but majority to dismiss, the rabbi's
chances look small. For 1t is TO be sup
poeed that the nine members OF the board
OF trustees and the three OF the committee
will vote next Tuesday as heretofore.
The Jewish Times Of San Francisco, after
the rabbits championship OF DR.. McGlynn
at the Union Square meeting, said this OF
him:. "a @s 81 800
Possessed Of a considerable amount OF
enthusiasm, his ambition to be known
and DO discussed is so inordinate that he
will jump from folly to folly regardless OF
the consequences to himself. The career
Of Rabbi Browne is a register Of foolish
transactions, and for years past he has
been an Ishmaelite, whose hands are
against everybody and everything. L
Preeident Sinsheimer said that the rsb-
bi had been offered So, 1000. or his salary
Tor two and one.half yeara, to withdraw
from the synagogue. He demanded S4,-
900, but it was refused. This was before
the Reich trial, and it is doubtful If the
board will pay anything now.